Academic and Administrative Compact Planning

The university's compact process coordinates planning and accountability to achieve critical institutional and unit goals. The compact document is a written agreement — available to the public — between the university's management and a campus, college, or support unit that aligns broad university goals with the directions, investments, and actions of the unit.

Compacts are used to:

Identify strategies and partnerships to achieve University-wide goals and priorities using available resources

Identify areas for investment and/or reallocation

Update long-range capital and space plans and priorities

Provide a basis for accountability in evaluating performance.

The annual compact document includes:

A summary of the unit's progress during the previous year

Major goals for the coming year(s)

Action plans to achieve the goals

Descriptions of key University issues as they affect the unit.

For more information, contact Joe Shultz in the provost’s office (shul0048@umn.edu or 612-626-6544).